A talented person, as a rule, shows hisabilities in many branches of art. The greatest Russian poet Vladimir Mayakovsky was no exception. His paintings are little known to the general public (everyone knows mostly only about his work in GROWTH). But it was precisely this talent that began to manifest in Volodya from childhood and youth, earlier than all subsequent ones.
Family continuity
Father of the poet, Vladimir Konstantinovich, withdrew with pleasure. According to his sketches, some furniture was even built in the house. A mother and sisters were fond of painting. The poet's sister, Ludmila, even underwent training for admission to the Stroganov thinning school with one professional artist, S. Rubella. She showed him early drawings and paintings of Mayakovsky. Rubella and became the first teacher of painting of the future poet (who still did not start writing poetry at that time).
Moscow period
Become a professional artist!This idea did not leave Vladimir after the death of his father, when the family moved to the capital. Lived poorly. Ate poorly. The whole family sometimes burned out boxes and painted Easter eggs. Vladimir drew a lot, most often - portraits in pencil. The paintings of Mayakovsky of this period have been little preserved. Known portrait portrait of a revolutionary Morchadze, who lived for a while in the family.
Revolution and War
At age 14, a young man joins the Communist Party.Engaged in active political activities. For which he is arrested three times. In prison, he begins to write poetry, but the desire to become an artist does not leave the poet. After 1910, he studied at the School of Sculpture and Architecture, where he learned the basics of vocational education. Mayakovsky's paintings of 1912-1915: "Woman's portrait", "The Model", "Zhelezka" and some others. Various techniques were used: watercolor, ink, pencil, charcoal. When there were no materials, the poet could do with improvised means. In the course were burned matches, cigarette butts dipped in ink. The poet loved to portray giraffes, dogs, zebras, crocodiles. And his favorite occupation was to draw friendly caricatures on some acquaintances (Repin and Chukovsky, for example).
Windows GROWTH
The drawings of the poet and notebooksRevolution. Most clearly, he showed his talent as an artist in the Russian Telegraph Agency. But few people know that the first posters and paintings of Mayakovsky were made in collaboration with Kazimir Malevich back in 1914. This happened on the wave of patriotism during the First World War. In satirical posters, the Austrians and Germans mocked the Russians.
